News / ILAs: radical change, but the fairest way to buy air freight capacity, says Qatar

Qatar Airways Cargo has put itself at the forefront of a potentially radical change in the way air freight capacity is bought. 

It is the first carrier looking to use index-linked agreements (ILAs) with customers, a method likely to take off in large, but capacity-constrained markets, and which will “bring fairness and transparency to pricing”, giving airlines the ability to compete on issues other than rates. 

“ILAs … represent innovation for the industry and, as a company, our goal is to always stay ahead of the competition when ...